• During this time, contact center hours will be 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. CT, Monday through Friday.
• We will continue to pay annuities and insurance claims as usual.
• We will continue to accept payments through the drop box at the front of the building.
• We will conduct personal retirement counseling sessions by phone. If you scheduled an in-person counseling session, verify your phone number in the confirmation email we sent. If needed, log in to ERS OnLine to update your number.
• You can do many things with your ERS account, 24/7, through self-service ERS OnLine.

Use the right card—and stay in the network

Use the right card—and stay in the network

Which card you need to use—health plan or prescription drug plan—depends on where you get your shot.

At the pharmacy: If you get your flu shot (or any covered vaccine) at the pharmacy, use your prescription card. OptumRx®, the prescription drug benefits manager for HealthSelectSM of Texas prescription drug program and Consumer Directed HealthSelectSM prescription drug program, works with many national pharmacy chains to provide members with easy access to flu shots. Regular flu vaccines are covered at 100% when you use participating retail pharmacies.

At your doctor’s office: If you get your flu shot (or any covered vaccine) at your doctor’s office, use your health plan card.

At a clinic: If you get any covered vaccine at a clinic, use your health plan card. This includes a retail health clinic within the pharmacy, such as MinuteClinic at CVS, RediClinic at HEB or one of the health clinics at Walmart.

At work: If you plan to get a shot at work, ask your benefits coordinator or HR department if the company giving the vaccine is in your health plan’s network and which card you should use. If the flu shot provider is not in your plan’s network, ask how much you will have to pay for the shot. You might want to skip the shot at work and instead go to your doctor or a clinic. Show both cards if you’re not sure which to use. Remember, the shot is free to you only when you go to an in-network provider. If you go out of network, you’ll have to pay at least some of the cost out of pocket.

Wherever you decide to go, be sure to get that flu shot as soon as it is available. Get protected before peak season hits.